{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-35/annex-III/division-THERMAL/division-A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-35/annex-III/division-THERMAL/division-A.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2013/35",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2013/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) (20th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) and repealing Directive 2004/40/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-35",
  "path": "annex/III/division/THERMAL/division/A",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "A",
  "heading": "EXPOSURE LIMIT VALUES (ELVs)",
  "text": "Health effects ELVs for frequencies from 100 kHz to 6 GHz (Table A1) are limits for energy and power absorbed per unit mass of body tissue generated from exposure to electric and magnetic fields.\nSensory effects ELVs for frequencies from 0,3 to 6 GHz (Table A2) are limits on absorbed energy in a small mass of tissue in the head from exposure to electromagnetic fields.\nHealth effects ELVs for frequencies above 6 GHz (Table A3) are limits for power density of an electromagnetic wave incident on the body surface.\nTable A1\nHealth effects ELVs for exposure to electromagnetic fields from 100 kHz to 6 GHz\nHealth effects ELVs\nSAR values averaged over any six-minute period\nELVs related to whole body heat stress expressed as averaged SAR in the body\n0,4 Wkg–1\nELVs related to localised heat stress in head and trunk expressed as localised SAR in the body\n10 Wkg–1\nELVs related to localised heat stress in the limbs expressed as localised SAR in the limbs\n20 Wkg–1\nSensory effects ELVs from 0,3 GHz to 6 GHz\nThis sensory effects ELVs (Table A2) is related to avoiding auditory effects caused by exposures of the head to pulsed microwave radiation.\nTable A2\nSensory effects ELVs for exposure to electromagnetic fields from 0,3 to 6 GHz\nFrequency range\nLocalised specific energy absorption (SA)\n0,3 ≤ f ≤ 6 GHz\n10 mJkg–1\nTable A3\nHealth effects ELVs for exposure to electromagnetic fields from 6 to 300 GHz\nFrequency range\nHealth effects ELVs related to power density\n6 ≤ f ≤ 300 GHz\n50 Wm–2",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2013/35/annex/III/division/THERMAL/division/A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:52.886332+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}